- sketch
- noun1 quick drawingADJECTIVE▪ lightning, quick▪ rough, simple▪ detailed▪ preliminary, preparatory▪ initial, original▪
the artist's original sketch
▪ charcoal, ink, oil, pen-and-ink, pencil, watercolour/watercolor▪ composite (AmE)▪Police released a composite sketch of the suspect.
VERB + SKETCH▪ do, draw, makeSKETCH + NOUN▪ book (usually sketchbook), pad▪ map▪ plan (BrE)▪They have submitted an alternative sketch plan to the council.
▪ artist (esp. AmE)▪The judge will ban sketch artists from the courtroom.
PREPOSITION▪ in a/the sketch▪The family house appears in several of her sketches.
▪ sketch by▪a series of sketches by John Constable
▪ sketch for▪to make a sketch for an oil painting
▪ sketch of▪He did some rough sketches of the costumes.
2 short descriptionADJECTIVE▪ brief, thumbnail▪The talk began with a thumbnail sketch of the political situation at that time.
▪ biographical, character▪ historical▪He begins the tour with a brief historical sketch of the town.
VERB + SKETCH▪ give sbPREPOSITION▪ sketch of▪He gave us character sketches of all his relations.
3 short comic sceneADJECTIVE▪ short▪ comedy, comic, satirical▪ revue (esp. BrE)▪The show sometimes feels like a university revue sketch.
VERB + SKETCH▪ do, perform▪ writeSKETCH + NOUN▪ comedy▪ comedy show (AmE), show (BrE)▪a one-hour TV sketch (comedy) show
▪ writer (esp. BrE)▪ group (AmE)▪I was in a sketch group for a couple of years.
PREPOSITION▪ sketch about▪a comedy sketch about a dead parrot
Collocations dictionary. 2013.